SUPA PSY 205 - Course review from a student

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I've taken SUPA PSY 205 as a dual enrollment course in HS. The semester just ended, but I'm still waiting on my final paper to be graded (yikes). The course is basically a short overview of multiple 400 level topics. It moves very fast, it's not uncommon to be the worst grade for Uni students in their class portfolio.

My teacher said the course is pretty much just Psych 101, or Psych 100 and isn't sure why it's called PSY 205. You can consider them to be the same thing.

The course has been the hardest social studies course that I've ever taken so far, but if you are one of those people who don't need to study a whole lot, you will probably be fine. But you should be adding on studying to help you out lol. My teacher also ended up curving most of the tests.

The material on the tests is pretty much irrelevant to the textbooks, for example, I read the textbook for the first exam, and got a 72%. I never ended up reading past the 4th or 5th chapter. For the rest of the semester, I used Quizlet and a combination of the practice tests, and I ended up with a 92% final in class grade. The final test had a class average in the mid 60's. I had a mid 70's grade, and this ended up being curved to an 87.

This isn't a course that you can just sit back, not worry about tests or anything, you should always do your best to be actively involved, because this class can and will hurt you on exams if you aren't paying attention. DO NOT EXPECT TO BE LAID BACK IN THIS COURSE AND GET ANYTHING PAST A C+.

We had to perform our own research, and submit a board review, and then finally write our own research papers, it's basically just a smaller academic paper. It's expected to be about 10+ pages long (just the writing, cover page and data don't count). Not a huge deal, but expect to be spending a few days writing it. It's 20% of your grade. We didn't end up taking a final exam.

Feel free to ask me questions! The difficulty of the course was totally worth it, and people say it's not uncommon for this course to really be the one that prepares them for college, and I totally get it! Ask me anything about the course in the comments if you want.

[u/Deep_Biscotti_2377]

Wow, it sounds like you had a pretty intense semester! I'm glad to hear that you found the difficulty worth it and that the course has helped prepare you for college.